The ultra-conservative kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced the construction of a luxury resort on the Red Sea where women will be allowed to wear bikinis instead of having to fully cover ...

Women’s sports are increasingly popular globally, and athletes from the Middle East are increasingly making their mark on the ...

Aug. 5 (UPI) --A planned beach resort in Saudi Arabia is expected to lift restrictive laws regarding women's dress by allowing them to wear bikinis. Saudi Arabia's government said the upcoming Red ...

WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia wants women in the workforce but their workplaces may be separate from men. Saudi Commerce Minster Majed bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi, in Washington as part of a royal ...

Saudi women still aren't in the driver's seat of their own lives, activists say. — -- The announcement that Saudi Arabia will finally allow women to drive has been hailed a watershed moment ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Tuesday announced that women will be allowed to drive for the first time in the ultra-conservative kingdom next summer, fulfilling a key demand of ...

Saudi Arabia is taking steps to give women more freedom as it seeks to overhaul its economy. King Salman has ordered a review of laws that still make it hard for many women to work, travel ...

Women's rights is at the heart of calls for reform in Saudi Arabia --- calls that are finally challenging the kingdom's political status quo. Correspondent Ed Bradley reports. What happens at the ...

Women sat in the "family section" of the stands. — -- In a historic move permitted by Saudi rulers, a stadium in Saudi Arabia’s second city, Jeddah, allowed women to attend a soccer match ...